THE LAND OF DECORATION, by Grace McCleen
HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, DELICATE English novel about a young girl isolated by a tiny religious community.
Grade: B PLUS
THE LAND OF DECORATION
Henry Holt & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
Posts tagged with ‘B Plus Reviews’
HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, DELICATE English novel about a young girl isolated by a tiny religious community.
Grade: B PLUS
THE LAND OF DECORATION
Henry Holt & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY VII examines the roots of the Tudor dynasty. Well researched and engrossing!
Grade: B PLUS
WINTER KING: HENRY VII AND THE DAWN OF TUDOR ENGLAND
Simon & Schuster
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, England, History, Non-Fiction
NUANCED, POETIC NOVEL explores love, death, memory, and secrets among three generations of a Finnish family.
Grade: B PLUS
TRUE
Other Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Finland, Finnish Writers, Novels
TRAVELOGUE OF THE WORLD’S most polluted places is unexpectedly funny, unsurprisingly thought-provoking.
Grade: B PLUS
VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL: AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD'S MOST POLLUTED PLACES
Rodale Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Environmentalism, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Travel Writing
SEARINGLY HONEST, SURPRISINGLY funny memoir of recovery from addiction, illness from actor Kristen Johnston.
Grade: B PLUS
GUTS: THE ENDLESS FOLLIES AND TINY TRIUMPHS OF A GIANT DISASTER
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
LONDON’S PECULIAR CRIMES Unit rides again, in another entertaining mystery starring the UK’s oddest cops.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MEMORY OF BLOOD: A PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT MYSTERY
Bantam
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
WHY AND HOW we were the only human species to survive, impeccably explored by a leading paleoanthropologist.
Grade: B PLUS
LONE SURVIVOR: HOW WE CAME TO BE THE ONLY HUMANS ON EARTH
Henry Holt & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science
TIGHTLY CRAFTED HISTORICAL mystery stars a Sherlock-brilliant detective tracking a serial killer in 1892 Maine.
Grade: B PLUS
THE TRUTH OF ALL THINGS
Crown
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
CHARMING JANE AUSTENESQUE fantasy, set in a world where magic is an art form. Second in a delightful series!
Grade: B PLUS
GLAMOUR IN GLASS
Tom Doherty Associates
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels
A CLASSICS PROFESSOR’S SENTIMENTAL journey down the historic Appian Way: delightful, informative travelogue.
Grade: B PLUS
THE APPIAN WAY: GHOST ROAD, QUEEN OF ROADS
University of Chicago Press
2012
Tags: Ancient Rome, B Plus Reviews, History, Italy, Non-Fiction, Travel Writing